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Job Chapter 18 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Job 18:13

The members of his body shall be devoured, `Yea', the first-born of death shall devour his members.
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BBE Job 18:13

His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.
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DARBY Job 18:13

The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
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KJV Job 18:13

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
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WBT Job 18:13

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the first-born of death shall devour his strength.
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WEB Job 18:13

The members of his body shall be devoured, The firstborn of death shall devour his members.
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YLT Job 18:13

It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - It shall devour the strength of his skin; literally, the bars of his skin by which some understand "the muscles," some "the members," of his body. The general meaning is plain, that destruction shall always be close to him, and shall ultimately make him its own. Even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. By "the firstborn of death" is probably intended, either some wasting disease generally, or perhaps the special disease from which Job is suffering.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) The strength of his skin.--This verse should probably be rendered, "It shall devour the members of his body, even the firstborn of death shall devour his members;" and by the "firstborn of death" is probably to be understood some wasting disease such as Job's, the phrase being so used as a euphemism.